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to get documents legalised is £19 per doucument to include passport( which has to be a certified copy) certificate of no impediment, birth certificate, then all documents need to be translated into greek which is £30 per document, then all sent to the greek embassy which is another £14 per document.. these are prices i was given by Thomas cook wedding department last month, they also sent me a leaflet which gave details of a greek lady who would do everything for you for a fee of £90 thats way everything would be done correct. The certificate of no impediment cant be done till 12 weeks before the wedding but at the same time everything has to be at the greek embassy..

I hope this helps, let me know if you require the phone number of the translator

Oh God, I hope it hasn't gone up as all our documents have already gone to our translator. We found a lovely lady who can do all the work for us. We sent her about £450. This includes legalisation, translation and verification. H2B telephoned the Greek Consulate who gave him this ladies name. We have had to pay an extra £90 for her courier to take and pick up docs. We sent her a cheque for the translation and courier and then a postal order for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Greek Consulate. We sent her (2 original birth certs and 2 certificates of No Impediment) last Friday and hoping to get them back by the middle of next week.

We then need to send all these documents (photocopies) to Sovereign, when we get them back. Originals then need to be taken with us to Greece.

Up until last week I was sooooo stressed about the paperwork side but now that they've gone I feel a lot better and the lady has sent us an e-mail confirming receipt and that everything is in order.

If you need her details, let me know.

Good Luck

Claire x

Thought £90 was a bargain for her courier service as it would have cost us alot more to go down to London personally (we live in North Wales).

Yeah our travel agent rung on Tues and said its gone up to £27 per document too! Im very confused with the paperwork so i wont even attempt to try and answer your questions! Im just hoping my H2B understands..LOL!

Claire....If you have that address of the lady then that might help put my mind at rest!

Hi Claire, the lady's name is Androulla Veliotou and she's an approved greek consulate translator and she's also a member of the chartered institute of linguists. Her e-mail address is [email protected] and her telephone number is 020 8 337 6093.

I hope this helps and good luck. Everything will be fine and try not to panic.

Hi, where abouts in Greece are you all getting married. I am getting married in Corfu, and I don't need to get copies of passport legalised etc. Only Birth certificates and cert of no impediment. Claire_B

Im Rhodes too...you need both passports, both birth cert and both certificates of no impediment legalising, which costs 19 pounds per doc (my pound sign isnt working!!). We are doing it with Airtours, in resort they organise getting all the documents translated, which costs 200 euros. I think it depend who you are travelling with, or if you are organising it yourself as to how much it costs, but thats definatley how much we are paying!! I hope this helps you a bit......